Climate Battle: St. Patrick's Day Edition - Dublin vs. Boston (records, temp)
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Even though I like much warmer climates than Boston - if Dublin’s sunshine hrs are right (I know Wikipedia often has a lot of errors) 1400 hrs of sunshine is so bad that I think even if Boston had subzero daily highs I would pick Boston any day, lol. Around 1800 - 1900 hrs are the cutoff of me in terms of sunshine – below that I think it would be hard to survive for long.
I've been to Dublin in the month of January a few years back. Been to Boston in summer quite a few times. Boston seems pretty sunny to me in summer based on what I experienced. Cape Cod even more so. Dublin in January was really cool to cold. One day it snowed while I was there. No accumulation as it was a very wet snow. But my hands were numb and temps were above freezing. Didn't see the sun once I think for the five days I was there. I had been in London before that and London felt warmer. Have to go with Boston for the summer. Winter is cold, but not as bad as other parts of N. America.
Rather dated 1961-1990 averages from Ireland's Met Office show Dublin Airport with 3.9 hrs/day (1424 hrs) and Rosslare in the southeast 4.33 hrs/day (1580 hrs).
For me it isn't the gloominess of Dublin that bothers me, but the lack of seasons really. Winter is too mild, summers are slightly too cool, lack of snow, lack of thunderstorms - lack of weather basically. Dublin is definitely one of those places you visit/live for the cultural experience and not for the weather, that is for sure.
Boston by far. Much more sun. Far colder, but slightly shorter and not as gloomy winters. The cold here is actually also quite tolerable as it tends to be less dank than north western Europe in general. The summers can be too hot though and the weather is very bipolar, temperature wise. Plus fall in New England is incredible.
Beautiful today though. It's been in the mid 70's and sunny.
I guess in Dublin there is little chance of getting drunk on Guiness, falling asleep in a park bush and dieing from cold exposure, thats one thing that I always fear will happen to me if I got drunk in the US.
That said the temperature at Casement Aerodrome did fall to -15.7c/3f during Dec 2010. (although only -7.6c/18f at Merrion Sq, illustrating the heat island)
Overall Boston is better tho.
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Originally Posted by MrMarbles
(Wikipedia lists 1961-1990 averages; I'd like to see more recent figures).
How's Dublin during the summer? I'm sure there's at least a handful of "nice" days (sunny and in the 70s). Heck I'm sure there's some very nice days spread throughout the year. I certainly wouldn't mind the climate since it's cloudy and comfortable. Just boring compared to notsoB.
How's Dublin during the summer? I'm sure there's at least a handful of "nice" days (sunny and in the 70s). Heck I'm sure there's some very nice days spread throughout the year. I certainly wouldn't mind the climate since it's cloudy and comfortable. Just boring compared to notsoB.
I've never been to Ireland, but I've been close enough to have an idea of what their summer weather is like. Changeable, with spells of unsettled weather (i.e. light rain/breezy) being a bit more common than in Britain with some decent spells between fronts, though those sunny spells wouldn't generally last more than a few days. It's a question of if you're going to get a decent warm, sunny spell in summer, not when. Here's one of the warmest months in Dublin's history:
and then July the following year, which was much worse with only one day reaching 70F: History : Weather Underground
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